Silver Linings Playbook is a delightful, touching screwball comedy about an unlikely friendship. Bradley Cooper (The Hangover) stars as Pat, a former schoolteacher who's just emerged from eight months in a mental institution. Determined to rebuild his life and reunite with his estranged wife, Pat moves in with his parents (Academy Award nominees Jacki Weaver and Robert De Niro), superstitious Philadelphia Eagles fanatics. Life becomes even more complicated when Pat meets Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence of Winter's Bone and The Hunger Games), a mysterious young woman who's battling her own issues. Tiffany offers to help Pat reconnect with his wife but only if he does something important for her in return. The latest film from the gifted writer-director David O. Russell (Three Kings, The Fighter), Silver Linings Playbook is one of the year's most satisfying films.

"A crazy beaut of a comedy that brims with generosity and manages to circumvent predictability at every turn. Silver Linings is lit with a love that catches the viewer by surprise. We're ready for the comedy of craziness, but the depth of compassion is the movie's silver lining." (Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly)